DTC Ads Need Tabular Presentation Of Efficacy Data, Health Affairs Article Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Showing how well a product works could temper demand for drugs, article suggests, since consumers often have an exaggerated sense of benefits. The study of modified ads for Pravachol, Vioxx and Plavix found that people thought less of a drug’s efficacy when ads contained a “benefits box.”